{"id":535192,"date":"2026-07-06T04:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/535192\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T04:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T04:59:13","slug":"man-50s-killed-in-skerries-100-motorcycle-race-in-dublin-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/535192\/","title":{"rendered":"Man (50s) killed in Skerries 100 motorcycle race in Dublin \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A man in his 50s has died after a single-vehicle motorcycle crash during a road race in Skerries, north <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\/\">Co Dublin<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Shortly before 12pm, emergency services and garda\u00ed were alerted to the incident that happened at Duke\u2019s Bend, Baldongan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The man, who had been competing in the Skerries 100 motorcycle race, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In a statement shared on social media, the Loughshinny Motorcycle Supporters Club, which organises the race, said: \u201cA competitor has sadly passed away following a tragic accident that occurred during a race which took place today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It added: \u201cFurther information will be released as soon as next of kin has been informed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The coroner has been notified and an examination of the scene will be carried out by forensic collision investigators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Sunday\u2019s fatal crash is one of a number motorsport racing incidents in recent weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Last week, Cork man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2026\/07\/04\/funeral-details-announced-for-motorcycle-racer-who-died-following-crash-at-tandragee-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/2026\/07\/04\/funeral-details-announced-for-motorcycle-racer-who-died-following-crash-at-tandragee-100\/\">James Walsh<\/a> died following a crash at the Tandragee 100 motorcyle race in Co Armagh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Separately, last month, a teenage boy died and two others were injured following a crash during the Donegal International Rally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Skerries 100 is an important event in the Irish motorsport calendar and this year marked its return after a four-year hiatus due to rising insurance concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Northern Ireland rider William Dunlop was the last rider to lose his life at the Skerries 100, when he died in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 50s has died after a single-vehicle motorcycle crash during a road race in Skerries,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-535192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}